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Millions of Galaxies Emerge in New Simulated Images From NASA's Roman

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • March 8th, 2023

Scientists have created a gargantuan synthetic survey that shows what we can expect from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s future observations. Though it represents just a small chunk of the real future survey, this simulated version contains a staggering number of galaxies – 33 million of...

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Rewind the Universe

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • March 1st, 2023

High-Gain Antenna for NASA’s Roman Mission Clears Environmental Tests

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • February 6th, 2023

Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have finished testing the high-gain antenna for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. When it launches by May 2027, this NASA observatory will help unravel the secrets of dark energy and dark matter, search for and image...

Assembly Begins on NASA’s Next Tool to Study Exoplanets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • December 21st, 2022

The Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study planets around other stars. Putting it together will require a highly choreographed dance.

NASA’s Roman Mission Completes Key Optical Components

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • December 6th, 2022

Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of the industrial partners for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, have installed and aligned the element wheel assembly (pictured above) into the telescope’s Wide Field Instrument.

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Scan for Showstopping Explosions

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • November 3rd, 2022

What happens when the densest, most massive stars – that are also super small – collide? They send out brilliant explosions known as kilonovae. Think of these events as the universe’s natural fireworks. Theorists suspect they periodically occur all across the cosmos – both near and far....

The Roman Space Telescope Interactive View

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • August 4th, 2022

View the telescope from every angle, check the completion status, and discover where the pieces are being built.

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Roman Space Telescope

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • July 19th, 2022

NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch service for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission.

Studying Galaxy Growth Spurts in the Early Universe with NASA’s Roman

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • June 27th, 2022

In the American Wild West, high noon was a time for duels and showdowns. When it comes to the history of the universe, cosmic noon featured fireworks of a different sort.

NASA Telescope to Help Untangle Galaxy Growth, Dark Matter Makeup

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • June 14th, 2022

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study wispy streams of stars that extend far beyond the apparent edges of many galaxies. Missions like the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes would have to patch together hundreds of small images to see these structures around nearby galaxies in...

Millions of Galaxies Emerge in New Simulated Images From NASA's Roman

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • March 8th, 2023

Scientists have created a gargantuan synthetic survey that shows what we can expect from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s future observations. Though it represents just a...

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Rewind the Universe

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • March 1st, 2023

High-Gain Antenna for NASA’s Roman Mission Clears Environmental Tests

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • February 6th, 2023

Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have finished testing the high-gain antenna for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. When it launches...

Assembly Begins on NASA’s Next Tool to Study Exoplanets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • December 21st, 2022

The Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study planets around other stars. Putting it together will require a highly choreographed dance.

NASA’s Roman Mission Completes Key Optical Components

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • December 6th, 2022

Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of the industrial partners for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, have installed and aligned the element wheel assembly (pictured above)...

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Scan for Showstopping Explosions

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • November 3rd, 2022

What happens when the densest, most massive stars – that are also super small – collide? They send out brilliant explosions known as kilonovae. Think of these events as the...

The Roman Space Telescope Interactive View

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • August 4th, 2022

View the telescope from every angle, check the completion status, and discover where the pieces are being built.

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Roman Space Telescope

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • July 19th, 2022

NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch service for the...

Studying Galaxy Growth Spurts in the Early Universe with NASA’s Roman

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • June 27th, 2022

In the American Wild West, high noon was a time for duels and showdowns. When it comes to the history of the universe, cosmic noon featured fireworks of a different sort.

NASA Telescope to Help Untangle Galaxy Growth, Dark Matter Makeup

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • June 14th, 2022

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study wispy streams of stars that extend far beyond the apparent edges of many galaxies. Missions like the Hubble and James Webb...